群 (qún) — (classifier) group, crowd, flock, herd (for people or animals gathered together); (noun) group, crowd, herd (a collective of people or animals)
Definition
群 is the basic word for 'a group' of people or animals, and doubles as the measure word that counts them (一群人). It's more concrete than 群体 ('a community sharing traits') and more everyday than the political 群众.
classifier
groupcrowdflockherd (for people or animals gathered together)
noun
groupcrowdherd (a collective of people or animals)
Measure word · 群
Examples
- 群。Gōng yuán lǐ yǒu yì qún rén zài tiào wǔ.There is a group of people dancing in the park.
- 群。Cǎo dì shàng yǒu yì qún mǎ zài chī cǎo.There is a herd of horses eating grass on the grassland.
- 群。Zhè ge qún lǐ yǒu hěn duō xīn péng you.There are many new friends in this group.
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